INVERSE
Miruko scoffed as she hung up on the HPSC agent. "Really? They're sending me after some two-bit C-rank villain? The rookies are slipping."
She leapt on the rooftops until she saw the half-black, half-white outfit of her target. Pouncing, she said, "I got you right where-"
A mirror hovered in front of her. Unable to stop, she passed right through it. Her heart galloped as she looked around.
"Ah, Miruko," the villain said. "How nice of you to drop by."
Miruko screamed and ran for her life.
"They got Miruko too?" Hawks asked. "Damn. Guess I better sort this out."
Hawks munched on his bucket of chicken as he sauntered through his patrol route. If every hero that had fallen before him stumbled into a trap, he would simply set one of his own.
He caught movement in front of him. Hawks looked up, and saw his own reflection. "Huh? Who put a mirror here?"
The mirror shot towards him. Hawks fired feathers at it, but they, along with him, passed right through.
Hawks disdainfully eyed the bucket in his arm and tossed it in the garbage. "Blegh, junk food. I really need a self-care day. I think I'll get a massage, then a nice tofu smoothie, and round it out with a visit with my bestie boy Twice."
Hawks left his HPSC communicator with his chicken bucket.
"You're really bothering me with this?" After some grumbling, Endeavor said, "Fine, but I expect a big press conference for this. Hype the guy up, you know? I want the masses kissing my boots for this."
Endeavor had a plan. Going after him got you ambushed. Waiting for him to come to you got you ambushed. Instead, Endeavor would smoke the villain out. Then he'd be the one doing the ambushing.
His lawyers were quick to explain that no, he couldn't flood an entire industrial zone with smoke, especially without evacuating the area first, which would defeat the entire point since the villain would evacuate with them. But then, he was the number one hero, and the HPSC could always brush a little mishap under the rug. And it's not like a little smoke ever killed anybody.
As his flames greedily consumed the barrel of old newspapers he had set out and belched forth a cloud of acrid smoke, Endeavor never saw the mirror flying through his own smokescreen until it smacked him in the face.
Endeavor snuffed out the flames. "Good thing I put a stop to that. Someone could've gotten hurt!" He looked around, then said, "I have a powerful urge to be a good father, tell Shoto I'm proud of him, and apologize to my wife. So, I'll do all that!"
"Let me get this straight. You want my students to go after the villain that beat the Top Ten?" After a dramatic pause, Nezu said, "Get me a lifetime supply of Gold Tips Imperial, and you have a deal."
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Shoto: please stop hugging me and go back to being an asshole
Endeavor: I'll give you all the chilled soba you want
Shoto: I love you too dad